Promotional material for rock climbing in Val-David
![A page in colour from Perspective Dimanche where we can be seen a cameraman suspended on a rock face.](https://www.communitystories.ca/v2/val-david-escalade_rock-climbing/wp-content/uploads/sites/115/2020/01/Perspective-dimanche-Dimanche-Matin-22-août-1971.jpg)
Source:
Perspectives-Dimanche section of the Sunday newspaper Dimanche Matin, August 22, 1971. Martine Lavallée collection.
Above is an article on rock climbing in Québec by Jacqueline April, published in the Perspectives-Dimanche section of the Sunday newspaper Dimanche Matin of August 22, 1971.
Several articles focussed on rock climbing in Val-David and in Québec have been published since the 1940s.
Here are some examples:
![Extract from La Presse announcing an excursion by a mountain club.](https://www.communitystories.ca/v2/val-david-escalade_rock-climbing/wp-content/uploads/sites/115/2019/11/1967_0425-programme-Festival-du-CMC-La-Presse-cc1.jpg)
Program of the CMC Festival in La Presse of April 25, 1967. Source: Claude Lavallée collection.
![Newspaper article referring to women rock climbers in Québec, illustrated with two female portraits](https://www.communitystories.ca/v2/val-david-escalade_rock-climbing/wp-content/uploads/sites/115/2019/12/1970_0412-CMC-escalade-Louise-Huot-Esther-Hébert-cc1.jpg)
Perspectives-Dimanche Dimanche Matin’s 1970 with Louise Huot and Esther Arsenault. Source: Claude Lavallée collection
![Cover of the magazine Madame au Foyer. A lady is dressed in red and wears a white helmet and other climbing equipment, and the titles of various articles also appear.](https://www.communitystories.ca/v2/val-david-escalade_rock-climbing/wp-content/uploads/sites/115/2019/10/IMG_20190917_0002-c.jpg)
Madame au foyer April 1986. Source: Martine Lavallée collection